Wallet



Dec. 16, 1941. L, STANLEY 2,266,128

WALLET Filed 001;. 23, 1937 i INVENTOR:

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8! \QIJI ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 16, 1941 UNlTED STATES 3Claims. (o1.rat-es) j This invention is-a novel wallet, or a case in the nature of apocketbook adapted to contain banknotes. unfolded, tickets and'si-milarflat articles. The case hereof is composed of leather or similar limpsheet material, intended to be included in the use of the word leather,and is of the'usual oblong shape, preferably taller than its width,adapted particularly for men to carry in an inner pocket.

The. general object of the present invention is to afford a. wallet orleather case of the pocketbook type which will be of improvedconvenience in'use andat the same time of highly attractive appearance.A particular object is to reduce the bulk or thickness of a Wallet,thereby rendering it especially convenient for certain special uses, aswith evening wear, and at the same time without sacrificing security forthe contents or convemence in practical use, including the insertion andremoval of paper money or the like. objects and advantages will appearin the hereinafter following description of an illustrative embodimentof the invention or will be manifest to users of such products. To theattainment of such objects and-advantages the present invention consistsin the novel wallet or pocket case, and. the novel features ofcombination, arrangement and-construction, herein illustrated ordescribed.

Inthe accompanying. drawing Fig. 1 is a front or face view of a walletor pocketbook embodying the present invention; and this may beconsidered as a front elevation, treating the wallet as standingupright, which is its-natural position in use. Fig, 2 is a right handoredgewise elevation of the wallet of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a backelevation view thereof. These figures are on a small scale to indicatethe general effect, thedetails being shown on a larger scale in thefurther figures.

, Fig. 4 is a front elevation view of the preferred form of wallet shownin'a partly opened or exposing position, thereby disclosing in part thearticles contained within the Wallet. This figure is substantially theface view that is presented in use when the wallet is held in the lefthand, with the front wall or flap curved and held partly retracted bythe left thumb. In this specification the words left and right are usedin a relative sense, since, while the wallet preferably opens at theright hand edge, for manipulation of the contents at the right hand, itmight conceivably be reversed in design, as for a left handed person.

Fig. 5 is a central vertical section of the wallet in closed condition,with unavoidable exaggeration of thickness dimensions and distortion ofthe Further free.

disposition of the layers .or wallsg this figure also showing the walletsupplied with contents.

Fig. 6 is a face view or elevation of the casein closed position, butwith the front layer or wall broken .away to show. more completely theconstruction of the parts'therebelow; the contents being omitted fromthisfigure.

Fig. 7 is a face or front view similar'in part to Fig; 4, but with anintermediate or inner layer or wall swung out, giving fuller access tothe interior, as for supplying or loading the wallet with bills or banknotes.

Fig. 8 is a view, similar to Fig. 6 showing a right front wall .I lslightly smaller than the back wall, and an intermediate wall I 2attached tothe back wall. V

In their proper position the paper money or bank notes A are placedupright, unfolded, flatly against the inner or front face of the backwall I9, The front wall ll substantially conceals the contents andisconnected to the back wall along its leftedge and alongits bottomedge, being unconnected however at its top edge and at its right edge,so that its upper'right portion islloose or The back and front Walls 10and II may thus be considered as forming ageneral pocket space whichisaccessible both from the right and from the top, of dimensions toreceive the paper money, bank notes or similar objects. The .left edgebinding is important, giving right hand access. a

- The intermediate wall 12 is shown connected to the back wall alongitsright edge, extending inwardly between the back and front walls into theadjacent general pocket space. The intermediate wall maytherebyl beconsidered as .defining an inner pocket between the back andintermediate walls within which'thebank notes may be set to hold themagainst rightward extraction, 'While freely permitting upwardextraction.

Around the outside margins of the wallet are suitable fastening means,which may be stitches, but are shown as consisting of flexible metallicrim fastenings I3; thisbeing a known type of fastening or binding meansconsisting of short lengths or sections of sheet metal bent and crimpedaround the edges, preferably in a continuous line, thus securely unitingthe several Walls. These may be gold or silver plated.

It will be noted that the metallic binding means runs continuouslyaround the entire periphery and is not interrupted or concealed by anywall,

but connects the front and intermediate walls to curve as shown in Figs.4, 6 and 7, thereby per mitting adequate thumb room as Fig. 4 shows, for

the engaging and extracting'fromthe wallet of individual bills or banknotes.

In the preferred embodiment the intermediate wall I2 is loose andunconnected at its left and lower edges, being thus connected only atits vertical right edge. By this arrangement the intermediate wallconstitutes a flap which may, Without much difficulty, be worked out ofits normal position in the general pocket space, and bent overrightwardly, as Fig. '7 shows, thereby rendering the general space fullyopen and accessible for the insertion of bills or other objects from theright hand side. By this complete access the insertion of 'a bunch ofbank notes is facilitated, especially when they are not new or arerumpled, rendering insertion from above somewhat difiicult. With thewallet in the position shown in Fig. 7 a number of bills may be insertedwith a leftward and downward motion and jogged snugly into place, theintermediate wall or flap l2 being then restored to its normal interiorposition. With new bills this is not necessary and in the modificationof Fig. 8

the intermediate wall I 2 is shown as secured internally, by either itsleft edge or its lower edge, being thus permanently enclosed between thefront wall II and the back wall l.

For certain uses it is desirable to carry not only bank notes but somesmaller objects such as theater tickets or a folded license, and on thefront side of the intermediate wall I 2 or I2 is shown a relativelysmall wall forming an 'upwardlyopening pocket in a position to receivetickets'and the like, which, it will be seen from Fig 4, are renderedpartly visible by the opening out of the front wall.

As already pointed out the intermediate wall [2 divides the generalspace into a rear pocket behind said wall and a full size space orpocket in front of such wall. While the bills are more secure in therear pocket, the front pocket or space is available; for the temporaryplacing of bills, for example received as change, when this is desirableto avoid delay from having to return bills to the inside or rear pocketspace. It is to be understood that matters of arrangement,'design anddetails of structure may be variously modified within the principles ofthe present invention, and the claims are not intended to be limited tothe disclosed structure except to the extent specified in the respectiveclaims.

I claim:

1. An unfoldable flat pocket case of the wallet type adapted to holdpaper money bills in flat unfolded condition, said wallet when closedbeing of elongated oblong shape and of dimensions slightly larger inboth directions than paper money bills and comprising limp or leathercomponents as follows: (1) an upright oblong back wall of the full sizeof the wallet and unadapted to being folded, (2) an upright front wallconnected to the back wall along its upright left and bottom edges butunconnected and loose at its top and right edges, thereby forming ageneral pocket space accessible from the top and right, wherein thecontained bills are normally concealed but readily exposed partly toview by swinging'back the free upper right corner of the front wall, and(3) an intermediate limp flap connected to the back wall along itsupright right edge, 'and extending therefrom into and normally splittingsaid general pocket space, and behind which intermediate wall the billsmay be set to be confined against lateral extraction in either right or.left direction while leaving them readily upwardly extractable; saidintermediate flap being truncated at its upper left portion, namely,approximately from its'upper right corner in a generally diagonal mannerpresenting an edge extending leftward and downward at an incline;whereby when the upper right portion of the front wall is swung backabout its diagonal extending between its upper left and lower rightcorners, a triangular area of the bills contained behind theintermediate flap is exposed for convenient access and endwise upwardextraction of bills; andsaid intermediate flap being free at all exceptits upright edge, and thus constituting a loose flap which may be workedrightwardly out of the general pocket space to alford lateral access forthe insertion of bills, and-may be tucked back between such bills andthe front wall, substantially as described.

2. A pocket receptacle, comprising, outer and inner substantiallyrectangular walls of flexible material and of substantially equal areasuperposed one upon the other and secured together along'one side edgeand one end edge to form between them a compartment for papers and thelike, the remaining edges of said walls being unsecured, whereby thereceptacle is open along one end and one side, and a retaining flap offlexible material hingedly connected to the other side edge of the outerwall and normally extending between said walls to retain said papersbetween it and the outer wall.

3. A pocket receptacle,'comprising, outer and inner substantiallyrectangular walls of flexible material and of substantially equal areasuperposed one upon -the other and secured together along one side edgeand one end edge, said walls being unsecured along the'r'emaining edges,the other side edge of the inner wall being spaced inwardlyfromthe-adjacent side edge of the outer wall, and a retainingfiap' offlexible material hingedly secured along one side edge to the'last-namedside'edge of the outer wall and normally extending inwardlybetween said walls to retain betweenit and the outer wall such papers asmay be' placed in said receptacle.

- LEOPOLD G. STANLEY.

